Staff User Experience Researcher, YouTube Ads

YouTube Ads powers the YouTube ecosystem by keeping it free and engaging for users, rewarding creators, and connecting businesses to their audiences.
$178,000 - $265,000
Data
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
5,000+ Employees
8+ years of experience
AI · Enterprise SaaS

Description For Staff User Experience Researcher, YouTube Ads

Google's YouTube Ads team is seeking a Staff User Experience Researcher to join their mission of powering the YouTube ecosystem. This role is crucial in understanding user needs and behaviors, working closely with UX Designers, Writers, Content Strategists, Program Managers, and Engineers. The position involves conducting primary research through field studies, interviews, diary studies, workshops, ethnography, surveys, and usability testing. The role requires collaboration with stakeholders across functions and levels, having impact throughout product development stages. The successful candidate will be part of Google's unique UXR community, with access to mentorship programs and internal research tools. The role focuses on keeping YouTube free and engaging for users while responsibly rewarding creators and connecting businesses to their audiences. This position offers competitive compensation including base salary, bonus, equity, and comprehensive benefits, reflecting Google's commitment to maintaining a diverse and inclusive workplace.

Last updated 13 days ago

Responsibilities For Staff User Experience Researcher, YouTube Ads

  • Influence stakeholders across organizations to gain support for research-based, user-centric solutions
  • Own project priorities in alignment with larger product goals, and oversee allocation of resources within the project
  • Drive ideas to improve products and services through research-driven insights and recommendations
  • Manage outlook and strategy discussions through research by analyzing, consolidating, or synthesizing what is known about user, product, service, or business needs
  • Create and drive frameworks of advertiser decision making workflows that support annual, quarterly, and pacing budget decision making

Requirements For Staff User Experience Researcher, YouTube Ads

Python
Java
Go
  • Bachelor's degree in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, related field, or equivalent practical experience
  • 8 years of experience in an applied research setting, or similar
  • Experience in programming languages used for data manipulation and computational statistics (e.g., Python, R, MATLAB, C++, Java, or Go)
  • Master's degree or PhD in Human-Computer Interaction, Cognitive Science, Statistics, Psychology, Anthropology, or related field (preferred)
  • 8 years of experience conducting UX research on products (preferred)
  • 7 years of experience working with executive leadership (preferred)
  • 5 years of experience managing projects, and working in large, matrixed organization (preferred)

Benefits For Staff User Experience Researcher, YouTube Ads

Medical Insurance
Vision Insurance
Dental Insurance
Parental Leave
  • bonus
  • equity
  • benefits

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